mods aren't locking it up so I guess there isn't too much wrong with it. Amidst the knee jerkness there have been some decent discussions.
When Lin was being passive...ppl complain a lot. When Lin was being aggressive...ppl still complain a lot about the TO's. Give this kid a break. BTW, LeBron turned the ball over 7 times today and they... ... LOST to Indy.
hindsight is 20/20. it was a "bad pass" only because it didnt work. a lazy pass is not the same as an aggressive albeit risky pass trying to create an easy bucket. more often than not, lin's TO's are of the latter.
These kind of arguments are stupid. Bottom line: He had a GOOD game. But to say that his first half wasn't horrendous is being really biased. If Lin ever hopes to improve I'm sure he himself tries to rectify those mistakes. Posts about people saying the fans or the rockets have and agenda against Lin no matter what just make me angry.
That is not true ...at all. For the most part in tonight's game Nash was on a tear and abusing Lin. Things got really chippy and Lin started penetrating and playing great.
Please don't put words in Moreys mouth. Morey is fine with offensive fouls as tos, since they allow the defense to set up. Morey dislike turnovers that lead to fast beaks. You know, the type Lin and Harden likes to get by gambling on defense? And it's all about ratio. If you make a great pass to a layup, you theoretically gained maybe 1 point due to a layup vs jump shot. If you lose the ball for an opponent fast break, that probably -2 points against you, 1 point for the theorteical shot you passed up, and 1 point for giving up an easy basket vs. a half court harder basket. I'm sure Morey has the exact numbers, but I can only guess at the actual breakdown. It's clear that Losing the ball in a half court setting is hugely negative for the team. This is a lot more obvious if ou are an objective viewer.
When Lin was aggressive in the 2nd half they pushed the ball much better. In the first half Nash went where he wanted and the Lakers were moving the ball well offensively. When the Laker guards had to work to defend Lin it made a world of difference.
Every single week we see improvement with Jeremy, and fewer and fewer of these type of first halves. Jeremy hasn't had an overall bad game all during this winning streak. Also it shows development when his bad first half doesn't carry over to a bad second half--like earlier in the season. Anybody remember preseason? did Lin even make a single jump shot??? Lin has tons of potential. His outside shots are starting to fall now; he's making better decisions in the paint. Lin is young and as long as we see improvement that is noticable every month (every week even!) I don't see how anyone could ever complain about this guy. Individual stats aside, the high paced offense works well through him.
This Lin and Nash comparison is too much...at least this year it's looking more like Lin might have a chance at a ring then Nash. They both had a good game...just that one came out with a win. Nash and Kobe reminds me of Lin and Melo.....
Lin played well on Nash today. If I recall most of Nash's points where against Doublas in the first half. McHale took Lin out and that's when Nash went to town. Lin has an advantage on defense over Douglas because he's a bit taller, and longer.
Nash played well. But it's a serious sign of respect when haters say 19pts/5ast/5reb/4stl with a 7/13 fg%, playing his best during crunch time is a sub par performance for Lin.
For real man, as long as we get the W he can have as many TO's as he wants Wins > TO's...in terms of stat importance
Lin was averaging the fewest turnovers at the beginning of the season and the team was playing .500 basketball. The recent stretch while the team has gone 12-3 he has had a higher turnover rate. Maybe that's the secret....
that's the usual trend actually....take Lin out and the opposing PG goes off and then haters say Lin got outplayed by so and so.
